{"id":426699,"date":"2024-12-02T13:14:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T13:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=426699"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Purdue-fires-head-coach-Ryan-Walters-after-2-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Purdue-fires-head-coach-Ryan-Walters-after-2-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue fires head coach Ryan Walters after 2 seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Purdue fired head football coach Ryan Walters on Sunday after two seasons. The move came on the heels of the Boilermakers enduring their worst loss in the program&#8217;s history, a 66-0 shellacking by No. 10 Indiana on Saturday. The setback was Purdue&#8217;s 11th in a row since it opened the season with a 49-0 victory over Indiana State on Aug. 31. It was all downhill from there for the Boilermakers, who were 1-11 this season and 5-19 during Walters&#8217; two years at the school. &#8220;After an ongoing assessment, and in consultation with President Mung Chiang and the University&#8217;s Board of Trustees, I have made the decision that a change in the leadership of our football program is necessary,&#8221; Purdue executive vice president Mike Bobinski said. &#8220;As college athletics enters an entirely new era in 2025, it&#8217;s a pivotal time for Purdue, and we must take the steps necessary to best position our football program for success. &#8230; This was a truly difficult decision, as head coach Ryan Walters continued to lead the Boilermakers with integrity, resilience and poise in the face of considerable challenges.&#8221; Purdue was shut out three times in the past six games, outscored 146-0. Walters was hired to replace Jeff Brohm prior to the 2023 season when Brohm departed for Louisville. Per Bobinski, a national search has commenced to find a new head coach. &#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/8df3666cb5440663f8ae11e07f3f520c.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Purdue Boilermakers head coach Ryan Walters looks down field Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, during the NCAA football game against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind. Penn State Nittany Lions won 49-10.<\/p>\n<p>-Alex Martin\/Journal and Courier \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purdue fired head football coach Ryan Walters on Sunday after two seasons. The move came&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}